UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi...
I am newbie here, just registered. This is my first thread and first post as well. I am a student belongs to IT field. In this period of exhaustion, I have decided to learn UNIX and become Unix administrator. I want your valuable guidance from scratch, i mean for learning Unix firstly i have to install UNIX on my desktop to do practice. So where i can get free UNIX to download. I am using Ubuntu along with Windows 7. Will it be helpful? From where i should learn UNIX......books, Online Source, etc? I want to achieve practical knowledge....i don't want to learn boring theory contents. SO please help me in this regard.....

Thank You

You should search the forums for Books and things. Here is one link you might be interested in

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https://www.unix.com/im-new-unix-books-should-i-read/137-unix-books.html

Sir, I have '0' knowledge of UNIX, want to learn from starting. Above enclosed link showing books for shell programing except 1 book i.e "Unix in a Nutshell".

Hey ezee, me in the same situation, i have started for a week that's it, here is what i went through and founf them useful. Hope its good for you too

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Linux Shell Scripting Tutorial - A Beginner's handbook
http://www.osc.edu/supercomputing/tr...cript_0105.pdf
Shell Scripting

ya thanks sasank...for these nice materials. But still I am unaware that how should i prepare my system to run UNIX, as it is most essential to get touch of UNIX. I am presently running 2 OS i.e UBUNTU x64 and Windows 7 x64.

Well, Linux is fun to learn as well ! And most distros have a huge fan following with dedicated question/answer forums for your help.

About how to prepare your system to run Unix, you could check out FreeBSD or Solaris and replace the Ubuntu in your dual boot system by one of these Unices. A simple google search will show several links to installation steps. (The simplest approach would be to just wipe out Windoze altogether !)

Achieving practical knowledge entails learning boring theory contents. One classic Unix book for newbies is "The Unix Programming Environment" by Brian Kernighan and Rob Pike.

HTH,
tyler_durden